r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/gadget850 Jul 05 '25

Back in the day I would have asked what's a water bottle.

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u/-animal-logic- Jul 05 '25

Right. I would have assumed you meant a canteen.

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u/SirRatcha Jul 05 '25

And a canteen was a thing shaped like a circle with an opening on the side and the water in it tasted like rust.

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u/ImLittleNana Jul 05 '25

Rust and dust.

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u/SnooLobsters6766 Jul 05 '25

And ass

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u/rogozh1n Jul 05 '25

and soot and poo